lawyer, politician, b. Hartford. He graduated from the Univ. of Wisconsin (LL.B., 1882), and set up a law practice in Madison. A Democrat, he was district attorney for Dane County, city attorney of Madison, and in 1890 was elected state attorney general, serving two terms (1891-1895). In 1895 he moved to Milwaukee, where he maintained a private law practice until his death. Wis. Blue Book (1893); A. M. Thomson, Political Hist. of Wis. (Milwaukee, 1900); Milwaukee Journal, Aug. 20, 1931.Learn More
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[Source: Blue book]
